diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83e2753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--format documentation
+--colour
diff --git a/spec/spec.opts b/spec/spec.opts
deleted file mode 100644
index e0f74bb..0000000
--- a/spec/spec.opts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
---format specdoc
---colour
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 39da1e4..cdc842f 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'rubygems'
 require 'mysql2'
 require 'timeout'
 
-Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
+RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.before(:all) do
     client = Mysql2::Client.new :database => 'test'
     client.query %[